The EEG changes during cardiac arrest: a case report.
This case report of a patient with an irreversible cardiac arrest shows that the amplitude of the EEG, rather than its duration, when it becomes discontinuous, has a closer relationship with a diminished heart rate to a final arrest. These data may be helpful in determining the extent of cerebral demise of patients with a deteriorating cardiac function.
Hughes
J R
JR
Department of Neurology, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago 60612-7330, USA.
Uppal
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D001926:Brain Death / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged